George Melford
American actor and director (1877-1961) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 84
George H. Melford was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMille's, appearing in big bold letters above the title of his films.
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The Ten CommandmentsFilm, Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman1953
A Blueprint for MurderFilm, Bailiff (uncredited)1952
Cripple CreekFilm1949
It Happens Every SpringFilm, Conductor (uncredited)1947
CaliforniaFilm, Delegate (uncredited)1945
A Tree Grows in BrooklynFilm, Mr. Spencer (uncredited)1943
Quiet Please, MurderFilm, Guard in Library1941
Belle StarrFilm, Preacher (uncredited)1939
Frontier MarshalFilm1933
The Dude BanditFilm, Director1931
DráculaFilm, Director1922
Moran of the Lady LettyFilm, Director, Producer1921
The SheikFilm, Director1915
Young RomanceFilm, Director, Producer1877Born19 February 1877Known for
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The Ten Commandments 1956
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945
The Lady Eve 1941
Meet John Doe 1941
Remember the Night 1940
People around George
Sessue Hayakawa George directed The Hidden Witness (1918)
Anna Q. Nilsson George directed The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (1912)
Wallace Reid George directed The House with the Golden Windows (1916)
Noah Beery, Sr. George directed The Sea Wolf and Ebb Tide
Jacqueline Logan George directed Java Head and Burning Sands
Alice Joyce George directed A Celebrated Case (1914)
James Cruze George directed Armstrong's Wife (1915)
Raymond Hatton George directed Everywoman and The Woman
Theodore Roberts George directed Everywoman and The Woman
Thomas Meighan George directed Out of the Darkness (1915)
Carlyle Blackwell George directed The Puppet Crown (1915)
Charles Stanton Ogle George directed Everywoman (1919)
James Kirkwood George directed A Wise Fool and Ebb Tide
Wanda Hawley George directed Everywoman and Burning Sands
Fannie Ward George directed Tennessee's Pardner (1916)
Paul Hurst George directed The Invisible Power (1914)
Walter Long George directed The Sheik and The Cost of Hatred
Francelia Billington George directed A Life in the Balance (1913)
Ernest Joy George directed The Woman and Stolen Goods
Lucien Littlefield George directed The Sheik and The Round-Up
Marin Sais George directed The Boer War (1914)
Cleo Ridgely George directed Stolen Goods (1915)
Guy Oliver George directed The Round-Up (1920)
Guy Coombs George directed A Celebrated Case (1914)
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